Improvement in field-rollers



ANTHONY HILTS,'OF SPRINGDALE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIELD-ROLLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,512, dated March30, 1875; application filed February 23, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. HILTS, of Springdale, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inField-Rollers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a field roller, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line 00 m. Fig.3 is a central vertical section on the lineyy, Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is anenlarged view of sleeve (Z.

A represents the tongue, to which the team is attached. At the rear endof the tongue A is a cross-bar, B, to each end of which, on the underside, is fastened a drawiron, O, by means of a hoolcbolt, a. The frontends of the draw-irons are fastened to the tongue, while the rear endsare formed each with a circular hole, having a notch or slot on oneside. From the rear end of the tongue extend two curved arms, E E,supporting the drivers seat G. Between the rear ends of the draw-irons OO are placed two rollers, D D, with a rod, 12, passing centrally throughthem. The outer side of each roller D is formed with an enlarged centralhole for the insertion of a sleeve, (1, placed on the rod 1). Thissleeveris provided with a central circumferential collar or flange, e,and on the inner side of the same is a lug or projection, f, of suitableshape to fit in the notch made in the draw-iron. The sleeve (1 is passedover the rod and through the end of the draw-iron into the roller untilthe projection f enters the slot in the draw- 1IOI1 and the collar 6fits against the outer side of the iron. On each side of the two rollerson the rod 1) are placed two other rollrod 1) is provided with a head, band in the other end is provided with a spring-key, b

holding all the rollers in their places on the rod. All the rollers areon both sides provided with slightly-projecting hubs 1' except therollers D D on their inner sides, where the collars e of the sleevesanswer the same purpose, whereby the friction between the rollers isavoided.

It will be seen that the team can be hitched close to the rollers, andthe draft is directly on the rod passing through the centers of therollers. The rollers revolve entirely independent of each other with theleast possible amount of friction.

By removing the spring-key b the rod 1) can be taken out and the rollersseparated, allowing them to be stored away and take up but little room.

The drivers seat is so arranged that the driver can easily, by throwinghis body back, throw the tongue upward, and have very little, if any,weight on the horses necks.

The field-roller thus constructed is simple in construction,cheap, anddurable, and not liable to get out of order.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the draft-irons O G, sleeves d d, having collars ee and projections ff, and the rollers D D and D D, substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the tongue A, draftirons (l 0, seat G, headed rod1), sleeves cl, rollers D D, D D, and D D and the springkey 12 allconstructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ANTHONY HILTS.

